Something Blue by Emily Griffin
So if you read my previous review you would know that I didn't like "Something Borrowed". I mean, really, really really, didn't like it. So it is a bit shocking that I actually read the second book in the series "Something Blue". I am not sure why I did considering I disliked the first so much. But I think that it left such a bad taste in my mouth I wanted to see some better resolution with the characters.
And I am glad I did. I actually really liked this book.
This book is from the point of view of Darcy - the really unlikeable, self-centered, scorned woman from Something Borrowed. In this book you got to see the "magic" really happen. You see her pick up the pieces of her life and really watch her change. Recognize her faults (and there were many of them) and really start to transform herself.
This is a book I would recommend. And one that you can read independent of the first without losing any understanding needed for the plot and story.
Sometimes I think it depends on your frame of mind and what you have read before it. I had previously been reading some heavy books about grief and domestic violence etc and needed something light that didn't require thinking so have picked up Love the One You're With by Emily Giffen. At the moment not convinced but maybe curious enough to read a little further.I won't read to the end of a book if it's not holding my interest though.
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